The three-share series continues with a look at Australian fortunes in the 1990s,a decade bookended by World Cup triumphs By 18 August, 1990, or for the third Bledisloe Test in Wellington,it had been four years since the Wallabies had beaten the All Blacks. The glories of the mid-80s were long forgotten, and Alan Jones had de-camped to the shrill tall ground of his talkback radio perch, or from which he arrowed regular,acidic barbs at his successors in the Wallabies camp. Bob Dwyer, reappointed as coach and charged with the task of main the Wallabies to the 1991 World Cup, and set about instilling forward resilience and defensive steel into a team that had begun to indulge its own attacking legend a little too lavishly. Related: A history of the Wallabies at the Rugby World Cup: share I | Aaron Timms Continue reading...
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